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| Original Title: | Smoke (Burned, #2) ASIN B006VJN17S |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Burned #2 |
Ellen Hopkins
Kindle Edition | Pages: 543 pages Rating: 4.33 | 11035 Users | 964 Reviews
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| Title | : | Smoke (Burned #2) |
| Author | : | Ellen Hopkins |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 543 pages |
| Published | : | September 10th 2013 by Margaret K. McElderry |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Poetry. Contemporary |
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Pattyn’s father is dead. Now she’s on the run in this riveting companion to New York Times bestseller Burned, which Kirkus Reviews calls “a strong, painful, and tender piece about wresting hope from the depths of despair.” Pattyn Von Stratten’s father is dead, and Pattyn is on the run. After far too many years of abuse at the hands of her father, and after the tragic loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn is desperate for peace. Only her sister Jackie knows what happened that fatal night, but she is stuck at home with their mother, who clings to normalcy by allowing the truth to be covered up by their domineering community leaders. Her father might be finally gone, but without Pattyn, Jackie is desperately isolated. Alone and in disguise, Pattyn starts a new life as a migrant worker on a California ranch. But is it even possible to rebuild a life when everything you’ve known has burned to ash and lies seem far safer than the truth? Bestselling author Ellen Hopkins continues the riveting story of Pattyn Von Stratten she began in Burned to explore what it takes to rise from the ashes, put ghosts to rest, and step into a future.Rating Epithetical Books Smoke (Burned #2)
Ratings: 4.33 From 11035 Users | 964 ReviewsComment On Epithetical Books Smoke (Burned #2)
First Impulse and now Burned. My two all-time favorite Ellen Hopkins books. Life just doesn't get any better than this!I was a bit disappointed with this as I liked Burned so much. It deals with so many (almost too many) issues to be effective--migrant workers, immigration, terrorism, homophobia, child abuse, etc. I'm also questioning why Hopkins included the character of Gavin. He doesn't add much to the story other than act as another male figure on whom Jackie depends ( albeit a healthy male-female relationship unlike that with Caleb or her dad) instead of standing up for herself as a strong female character.
I was a little bit disappointed by Smoke. I read Burned only a few days ago, and I was so excited for this to come in the mail so that I could read it right away. However, when I got to it I was sadly let down just a little.This wasn't a bad book, but it just wasn't as good as Burned. I liked Jackie's POV more than Pattyn's, which really surprised me because when I saw it was dual POV I wasn't looking forward to Jackie's. Parts of this book were really interesting and fast paced, but others
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Burned was the book that made me step away from Ellen Hopkins for awhile. Not because it was badly written, but because the ending was so awful and hopeless. I was a little reluctant to read the sequel. Could she possibly make it any worse than it already was? Maybe she could have. But that wasn't her mission this time around. It seems like this time, she wanted to make all her characters happy. I could maybe go for that. It isn't like Pattyn and Jackie haven't had sufficient doses of suffering,
After reading this book, I needed 2 days to recover. The first in this duology killed my heart and the sequel to this duology ripped my heart into a million pieces. While reading this book, I could feel the pain of the characters and how they wanted to feel needed. It was sad to see the characters going through such a hard time, they were so complex. I loved how Ellen Hopkins expressed her character's feelings very well through poems. Although reading this book was painful, it was an
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